East Anglia Transport Museum — Attraction in East Suffolk

Today was the first time we have ever been to the transport museum and now I wonder why we never came before! What a wonderful atmospheric place with such friendly people. We were greeted at the car park and shown where to get our tickets, we were told about gift aid and noticed many people in the que with myself saying they didn't want to do it, by ticking that your entry fee be gift aided it costs you nothing more and helps the museum a lot, you also get given a ticket for a revisit just for doing so! So I wanted mention that. We were next greeted by a lovely lady in a little hut who gave us a little quiz to fill out with little questions that could only be answered if you paid attention to the exhibits which I think is a fab way of getting the children engaged! The questions were interesting and fairly easy and the prizes were wonderful!! Not your normal flimsy medal reward stuff! They had - 8 balls for fortune telling, - light up magic wands that can be worn as necklaces and some funny joke eye glasses to name a few, my son was over the moon with his 8 ball! And I heard many of the children playing with theirs and asking questions along the way on the trams! Speaking of the trams, those and the trolley bus and train were wonderful well kept vechiles especially for their age and the drivers were jolly and in good spirits 😋 each one has so much time for you cracking a joke or ready to answer any question you had, the only thing criticizing I have to say is that I wish the journeys were longer on the vechiles, especially the train, I felt like by the time I got on it was time to get off of it so it would have been so much better if it hadn't been so short lived....but....I heard a rumor that there maybe a chance of the area being expanded and this fills me with much excitement! I really hope they find the money to do this as It would be amazing if they had more room, that's the only thing I'd change, it seems like everything is spot on and everything is wonderful but all in a small area, an expansion would be wonderful if it's at all possible!! I loved the little shops and garage and postoffice, honestly it's like your own little world in that place!! Our family had a wonderful time and I'd recommend to everyone. Thank you a much for a...

After seeing many leaflets for the East Anglia Transport Museum, I thought I'd better check it out.

Their website is very easy to use and the minute I saw the extremely reasonable ticket price I knew a trip to visit this museum was certainly in order.

£7 for a senior, £9 for an adult, £6 for a child between 5-15 years of age, and infants under 5 go free.

There was no booking required and the minute we walked through the gates, we were welcomed by multiple voluntary staff who were exceptionally friendly and were very good with kids as they explained the story of each historic transport vehicle, which were restored beautifully and displayed at the museum. I learned that some vehicles were as old as 94 years!

Once you paid at the entrance you were given an unlimited ride ticket for the 'Trolleybus', Train and Tram.

All of the staff were very informative and let me sit in the drivers seat of the Trolleybus.

The site is based on a little village from the 1900s, and it has been kept extraordinarily well, with a little park green in the centre of the site, exactly as it was when the village was functioning.

There was a café by the bus stop and they sell the best chips that I've ever tasted.

We all wanted ice-cream; too, so we got some from their freezer and we were shocked by the price; unlike almost every tourist attraction, the ice creams were only £1!!! I was so impressed that I bought another ice-cream.

Their prices were so reasonable. This is what most places need to get in their heads, high prices will just lead to no customers.

Overall I am most definitely satisfied with my experience at the Museum. The voluntary staff were exceptionally friendly, the prices astonishingly humble, considering the amount of money that goes into restoration for the amazing vehicles and the chips were delicious!!

I will, without a doubt be returning to visit the East Anglian Transport...

We drove up to the East Anglia Transport museum on Easter monday - wasnt sure what to expect, particularly as I had taken the small man to Ipswich trnsport museum a few weeks back. It would be fair to say that it was very much a difficult experience - the museum had the trolleybus, tram and train running pretty muchbthe whole time we was there, which are 2 yr old loved. I did enjoy it, but had to call it quits after the 4th trip round! The site isnt massive but obviously big enough for the rides about, the trolleybus does a few laps of the site, the tram does a journey to back of site and round neibouring site and back, the train travels along side of site and back. There is a couple of exhibition areas although this didnt quite hold a 2 yr ols attention very much. It was raining so some of the sheds were shut although not sure if they would normally be open! In total we managed to spend a couple of hours riding about etc. I guess if it was sunny we would have stretched that out with a picnic etc (there was a cafe on site but we didnt use it as we ate before going in! It did seem popular!) It is worth filling in paperwork for gift aid and getting a season pass - hope to come back again in the summer months!

Worth a visit if in area, particularly if you have people (or just a small child) that loves riding on...